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Caddo verb morphology / Lynette R. Melnar.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in the native languages of the AmericasPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004.Description: xviii, 224 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0803232209
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Contents:
1. The Caddo verb: Orientation and overview -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. The Caddo verb -- 1.3. Outline of chapters -- 2. Person, case, and reality -- 2.1. Pronominal morphology -- 2.2. Person -- 2.3. Case -- 2.4 Reality -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Tense, aspect, and mood -- 3.1. Tense -- 3.2. Aspect -- 3.3. Mood -- 3.4. Other TAM distinctions -- 3.5. TAM position-class survey -- 4. Number and distribution -- 4.1. Number -- 4.2. Distribution -- 4.4. Conclusion -- 5. Voice and valency -- 5.1. Valency-increasing constructions -- 5.2. Valency-reducing construction: middle voice -- 5.3. Conclusion -- 6. Further verb-stem modification -- 6.1. Postural -- 6.2. Manner -- 6.3. Locative -- 6.4. Patientive -- 6.5. Verb-stem compounding -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Phonological sketch -- A.1. Phoneme inventory and orthographic conventions -- A.2. Phonological processes -- A.3. Morphologically triggered epenthesis and high tone assignment References
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"Published ... In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index.

1. The Caddo verb: Orientation and overview -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. The Caddo verb -- 1.3. Outline of chapters -- 2. Person, case, and reality -- 2.1. Pronominal morphology -- 2.2. Person -- 2.3. Case -- 2.4 Reality -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Tense, aspect, and mood -- 3.1. Tense -- 3.2. Aspect -- 3.3. Mood -- 3.4. Other TAM distinctions -- 3.5. TAM position-class survey -- 4. Number and distribution -- 4.1. Number -- 4.2. Distribution -- 4.4. Conclusion -- 5. Voice and valency -- 5.1. Valency-increasing constructions -- 5.2. Valency-reducing construction: middle voice -- 5.3. Conclusion -- 6. Further verb-stem modification -- 6.1. Postural -- 6.2. Manner -- 6.3. Locative -- 6.4. Patientive -- 6.5. Verb-stem compounding -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Phonological sketch -- A.1. Phoneme inventory and orthographic conventions -- A.2. Phonological processes -- A.3. Morphologically triggered epenthesis and high tone assignment References